Life-boat attachment.



1 J. FORCIER. LIFE BOAT ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FIILED MAY14 1915- V v 1,171,602. Patented Feb. 15,1916.

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LIFE BOAT ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man MAY 14, 1915.,

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J. FORCIER.

LIFE BOAT ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1915.

1,171,602. Patented Feb. 15,1916. 1

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UNITED smarts Parser. easier @JosEPH roncinn, or Bani/mama, wasrirneron-1 LIFE-BOAT ATTACHMENT.

To all whom z't may concern? fBe it known that I, Josnrn FQRCIER, a 'ct1- zen of the United States,res1d1ng at Bremerton, in the county ofKitsap and State of Washington, have invented new and 11881 1111Improvements in Life-BoatAtta'chments, of which the following is aspecification.

V This invention relates to life saving apparatus and more particularlytoapparatusfor raising, lowering and releasing life boats.

Oneof the principal objects of the inven tion is to provide a novel typeof raising and lowering winch which may be shifted about over the deckof thevessel and wh ch w ll take care of both davit cables wherebysimultaneous action of these cables is assured. Another object of thelnventlon is to provide a simple and efficient releasingi'mechanismwhereby both davit cables may be simultaneously released from the boatwhen lowered and which mechanism is so 0011- structed that it may beoperated by a single.

man.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specificdescription 1s read in connection with the accompany ng drawings whichform a part of th s application and in which Figure 1 is a top plan viewshowing the arrangement of the raising andlower ng mechanism; Fig. 2 isa rear elevation of the raising and lowering mechanism on a somewhatenlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a detall sectional view taken on the line 3.3of Fig. 1; Fig. 41 is a detail top plan view of the boat; Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section therethrough; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional viewtaken on the line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 isa simllar view takenon the line7-7ofFig. 5, and Fig. 8 is an enlarged top plan view of the winch.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 represents the deck of thevessel,in this instance shownprovided with a pair of bolt supportingbolsters 2 upon which the lift boat 3 of any suitable construction isadapted to rest when not in use. These bolsters have connected theretolashing of any preferred type but preferably of the type shown andindicated at 4.

Mounted upon the deck for free-swinging movement are the usual clavits 5carryingthe pulleys 6and 7 over which the cables 8 and 9 are adapted topass, each cable being: provided at one terminal, withsuitable'hooksSpecification of Letters latent. Patentedfeb; 15 1916;- Applicationfiled may 14, 1915., seriai uo. 28,237. i I 7' i 10. The cables Sand .9also pass over the v pulleys llsecured to the deck. I 1

Beforeproceeding to describe the winch construction, I shall firstthoroughly---de vr scribe the construction of the releasing mech-- anismwhich is carried bythe boat, Secured to the bow and stem.p1eces arebrackets 12 fee having pivotally mounted thereon the hook engaging pins13 whose free ends are retainedin operative,position'loy the yokemembers 14 and 15 also pivoted in the brackets. These yokemembers arearranged to engageover thev free ends of the pins so that thev are heldin horizontal position and are operated in the following manner: EX--tending longitudinally of the boat and mounted betweenjcertain of thethwarts or cross braces is a supporting beam '16 upon 7 l V which ispivoted arlever '17 the pivot bolt which extends between the thwarts andis mounted in suitable bearings carried thereby. The lever 17 isprovided with a painteradapted to actuate the lever for releasing bothyoke members 1 1 and 15 from the hook engaging pins or fingers 18simultaneously."

This construction obviates the employment of a man at each end of theboat for releas ing the cable hooks fromv the usual eyeswhich projectabove the deck. V e To properly actuate the cables 8 and 9 in raisingand lowering the boat there is provided a winch ofnovel type consistingof a base 20 mounted upon supporting wheels 21' so as to be readilymoved about the deck.

Mounted upon the 'base are separate paths of bearing brackets orframes'22 and rota tably mounted in each bearing is a drum shaft 23which is driven through a crank shaft 2% geared to the drum shaft asshown.

Both of the drum shafts 23 are connected to the'cables 8 and 9 in anysuitable manner and these shaftsextend in a plane normal to the line ofthe cable and are connected together in their inner ends by a universaljoint 25. Each drum :shaft has secured thereon a brake drum 26'overwhich extends a flexible brake band 27 secured atone end tothe base orplatform 20 and at the 0pposite end toone leg of a \lrshapedbrake beam28, thefree ends of which are pivoted to the character, as one boat islowered the Winch may be readily moved to other boats on the deck orWhere the boats arearranged in groups or-on skids the Winch may beanchored to the deck in any suitable manner.

What is claimed is: 1. In life saving apparatus, the combination Withboat davits and cables therefor of means for operating the cablescomprising a, portable base, cable drums mounted thereon and arrangedat'an angle to each other, means for simultaneously operating saiddrums, brakes therefor and a common" con-,

trolling'means for the brakes.

2. In life savingapparatus, the combination with boat davits and cablestherefor, of

Winding mechanism for the cables comprising a portable base, angularlypositioned;

drum shafts, means for connecting the drum shafts for simultaneousoperation, operating means for the drum shafts, separate brake bands forsaid shafts, a lever common to both bands and means for actuatingthe .7

lever.

3. In life saving apparatus, the combine-,

tion With boat davits and cables therefor,of means for Winding andunwindlng the cablescomprising angularly positioned shafts un1--versally'connected together, a brake for each;

shaft, a V-shaped lever connected to the brakes and an operating devicefor the lever} c 4. In a life-saving apparatus, the combination withboat davits and cables therefor, of i means for Winding and unwindingthe cables comprising angularly positioned shafts universally connectedtogether, a brakefor each shaft, an operating lever common to bothbrakes and means for operating the lever to apply the brake. a Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presencelof tWo Witnesses.

Witnesses F. FREEMAN,

CARL GRAHM.

Copies Of this patent may be, obtained for 'five cents each, byaddressing" the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. V

JOSEPH rononaa

